SHUMAX
Elite Explorer
- Joined
- December 30, 2002
- Messages
- 558
- Reaction score
- 44
- City, State
- Ohio
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2019 Explorer Sport
48k on the Sport. Decided to have the PTU flushed out with Royal Purple after reading stories on the web with the Flex, Taurus and even the Edge.
Took it to Firestone as I know the folks there well. Lesson 1: There is a drain and fill hole. Did not know that on the Sport. Lesson 2: The exhaust had to be partially removed to make it happen.
The fluid was liquid and not sludge, which is good. However, it smelled horrible and was completely jet black. Glad to have it swapped out and will be interested to see if there is any performance change.
Firestone charged me $85, including the Royal Purple fluid. Seems like a decent deal to me as I didn't want to mess with dropping the exhaust, etc.
Shumax
Took it to Firestone as I know the folks there well. Lesson 1: There is a drain and fill hole. Did not know that on the Sport. Lesson 2: The exhaust had to be partially removed to make it happen.
The fluid was liquid and not sludge, which is good. However, it smelled horrible and was completely jet black. Glad to have it swapped out and will be interested to see if there is any performance change.
Firestone charged me $85, including the Royal Purple fluid. Seems like a decent deal to me as I didn't want to mess with dropping the exhaust, etc.
Shumax